Editorial: Let’s make a deal?

The guy who penned “The Art of the Deal” should be able to make a deal.

And he has put a deal on the table that is interesting, indeed.

President Donald Trump, who penned the aforementioned book in 1987, has more or less offered a deal, primarily to Democrats in Congress, that could preserve his predecessor’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, also known as “Dreamers.”

What the president is offering (basically) is to maintain former President Barack Obama’s executive order for minors brought into the country illegally by illegal immigrant family members in exchange for things such as a wall on the U.S. southern border and the denial of federal grant money to “sanctuary cities.”

What the president’s deal represents is a compromise — and it is the first significant evidence of the president’s deal-making acumen since winning the White House.

It should be remembered that Obama created DACA through an executive order when he could not get what he wanted from Congress. So Trump would not be rescinding any law created by Congress — which is supposed to be the branch of government that creates laws, not the executive branch.

Are Democrats willing to risk a political fight to preserve an executive order?

Trump has put forth a deal that does require compromise, but compromise is supposedly what the legislative process is all about, right?

There is no logical reason for cities to ignore federal immigration laws. Elected/public officials cannot pick and choose which laws they deem appropriate.

As for the wall, this was the foundation of Trump’s presidential campaign. Many liberals and open-border advocates claim a border wall will do nothing to curtail illegal immigration. If such a claim is accurate, then there is no reason to complain.

There are other things the president wants from Democrats in exchange for DACA, but these are two of the primary concessions.